I missed taco Tuesday. Don’t be sorry, I did have beef Wellington in the place of tacos. I did miss our annual Mexican food Christmas Eve dinner. That stings. Maybe a small Mexican feast is in order tonight.
Breakfast today is a good one. Pie, 3 kinds, and cinnamon rolls. Our leftovers. Full carb load. Marika and I will need to run a marathon later to burn it all off. Diet time is now, starting with next meal. Back to the diet and workout grind. I need to stay beautiful.
This morning we notice cat still having issues. Blood in his urine is the layman’s diagnosis. The vet will see us at 130 today. Probably a UTI but I’m no doctor. Marika is worried of course. She likes to worry I think. Cat is reasonably vigorous so does not seem to bad. We have to watch him.
We packed up all our crap. Took both cars. Em decided I would go with Marika and she would follow. So Marika and I got on the road to the vets. We tried to find the fastest route but failed. Maybe. Traffic was horrendous. May have been an extra hour on this trip home. Not much fun to sit in holiday traffic. As I have said, this is the first travel year for us in a quarter century. And I realize I did not miss much. The trip was too warm and too slow and no fun.
We got to the vets about 10 minutes late. They were fine with it. I am sitting in the, wait for it, waiting room for our turn. I am guessing the appointment after us is in there. We are the only waiters here. I would like to just go home. But, I must do my duty and be here for the kid. She told me earlier I needed to go with her because I am the most level headed. Can’t argue with that.
Still waiting 13 minutes now. I wasn’t that late, I think. Not much I can do about it. Maybe show up on time but with that traffic we are lucky we were as close as we were.
I checked my find friends app. Emily did not follow us out the door. And she was the anxious to get home one of us. She sat there for another couple hours after we left. It’s really great to have the find friends app, aka Super Stalker App. I only use it for good, nothing nefarious. Promise. It does help me track the kid when she is headed home. I know when to start dinner. Same works for Emily because she is often unable to answer a call or text. But, Emily is now on the move. I expect her in 90 minutes.
Ok. Bad news. The vet tech came out with the estimate. $568. Ouch. Like having my balls stepped on. We called BS on 2/3 of the stuff on the list. And no to the x ray at $215. Yes to a urinalysis and go from there. That would be under $200. I am thinking the rest of the items are just there to make the vet rich.
Another hour and a half sitting at the vets office. What fun. They did finally come out and say done. Turns out not much wrong, just some kind of stress bladder problem which can lead to blood in the urine. He will prob be just fine. $311. Owie. We went home. Emily was already there and had unpacked her car. I proceeded to unpack Marikas car. With her help. I did get a couple gifts out and put away as well. I get to play with them tomorrow.
After all unloaded, the kid and I washed our cars. They were mega filthy. Took some washing and by the time we were done it was dark.
Marika has to return something and I need to go get taco Wednesday for dinner. So we went together. We are on the road now. Her transaction was quick. We headed to the carniceria. Was not crowded so I guess people still have leftovers or Wednesday is not a popular day for Mexican food. Don’t know. We were in and out quick. Headed for home.
We are all very tired and hungry. So, we wolfed through our dinner like, well, wolves. Food was delicious. We really missed our traditional Mexican feast Christmas eve.
After dinner we did the usual. Sat and watched bad TV. Only the worst for my family. We broke out the bottle of tequila I got Emily for Christmas and split it between the three of us. Hey, no worries, only a 4oz bottle. Very tasty and smooth. Then Emily tried to one up me by getting out a bag of home made toffee from friend Barb -go Barb!! We almost ate all that as well. A little holiday leftover I guess. Then back to bad TV.
I am now trying to unpack my stocking so I can put it all away. Many small items, some food, other sundry items. Magnetic dog buts, copper cups, the usual. Good stuff all. But still, needs to be put away. Working on it. The brand new not leaky coffee maker is set up for tomorrow. I look forward to that. The last one developed a leak in the base of the carafe which I put up with for the longest time. I had been hoping someone would buy me a coffee maker for Christmas. Hope works.
Well I am in bed. Reading the last of my book. The old kindle is dust, like the leaky carafe. I now read the book on my phone or kindle and they sync perfectly. Technology that works. I am amazed. The book is done. I am off to bed.